Even when they show up, they were able to silence and diminish their voices in our democracy. The Voting Rights act put a stop to this. Fast forward to today. Before the Supreme Court decision, politicians in many Southern states, including my own state of Georgia, were literally lining up plans to deprive black citizens of [representation]. Of representation by this very same mechanism. And now they are saying the quiet part out loud, that they plan to take cohesive black communities and minimize their influence. (02:06–02:18)
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Asserts that politicians in Southern states, including Georgia, were planning to deprive black citizens of representation before the Supreme Court decision.
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